Pop superstar Justin Bieber's new concert film Justin Bieber's Believe will be screened at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival for potential buyers. The movie will feature footage from the singer's Believe tour stops in Miami, Florida in January (13) and was directed by Never Say Never's Jon M. Chu.

Into the mind of Keanu Reeves we go with Man of Tai Chi, the actor's first go at a directorial role. None too surprisingly, Reeves' project embodies the theme of martial arts — a motif that launched his career in '99 with the utterance of a simple, unnecessarily staccato phrase: "I know kung-fu." But what does raise a few eyebrows is just how affixed the Matrix vet is to the sidelines in the above trailer, in which he also stars.
Reeves plays the mastermind behind a nefarious fighting ring, attempting to transform a noble fighter (Tiger Hu Chen) into a savage killer. While the trailer serves up a healthy dose of fisticuffs and fancy footwork, Reeves sticks firmly to the shadows, unraveling his villainous ploy as the young men around him risk their lives in the ring. There are hints that Reeves might step into the action, but do we think he'll relive his high-flying Neocity in Man of Tai Chi?
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When it comes to pride in America, you can never have too much. (You hear that, NSA? You don't have to worry about me!) As such, Paramount has officially upped the ante with a third entry of its lucratively jingoistic G.I. Joe franchise. Deadline reports that following the box office smash that was Retaliation, the studio is bringing back the film's director Jon M. Chu to held the yet untitled G.I. joe 3 — doubtlessly, another action-heavy, reality-bending, self-effacing adrenaline rush (and likely with Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis back in the saddle).
Chu came onto the franchise as helmer for Retaliation, revamping the G.I. Joe identity after the critical bomb that was 2009's Rise of the Cobra. After a career of directing Step Up films and Justin Bieber documentaries, Chu is quickly settling himself into the action adventure genre with the military series. Of course, now that Paramount has invested its confidence in the filmmaker, this might be his chance to meld his passions: G.I. joe: Dance Dance Retaliation.
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If you were hoping that G.I. Joe: Retaliation would continue Channing Tatum's epic run of hits from 2012, well, you're only partially right.
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Those who caught the toy-inspired sequel this weekend know what many of us presumed to be the case since the very first trailers for Retaliation arrive on the web: Tatum was destined to die. And he did — in a explosion of dusty, dirty glory.
Many have speculated why the creative team behind G.I. Joe: Retaliation would kill off one of the movie's bigger stars, especially after rewiring his "Duke" to become a lively, humorous reinterpretation of the character from G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra.
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Turns out, all that speedy character building was just a move to pull the rug from under the audience's feet. Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura told us it was a dramatic tool he's used in the past and thought it would be a perfect way to shake up the expectations of Joe.
"I did it once on a movie a long time ago called Executive Decision… I always liked that movie," di Bonaventura says. "Killing [Steven] Seagal gave that movie such a great sense of gravity. You took everything seriously after that. And our thought early on was if you killed a character, you were going to do that."
Di Bonaventura knows that Rise of the Cobra has both fans and critics (although he'll defend it as one spot on interpretation of the Joes mythology), and he's still unsure if Retaliation needed the full on internal reboot approach. "Channing would not have been my first choice to do that with," he says. "It just ended up being that character. I think in any action movie when you have someone who is supposed to be important to the team and they die, no matter how preposterous you get, everything has an element of 'anything bad is possible.' People take the movie more seriously."
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Killing off Tatum's Duke was even bolder move because of director Jon M. Chu's love for the series — in his gut, he knew it would be the right move. "Jon … had an internal metronome for what the Joes were," di Bonaventura says. "Having grown up and been a genuine fan of it, his sense of how far you could take things… he wasn't afraid in certain situations." According to the producer, Chu knew when his decisions were going to work, even if other members of his team were skeptical. He knew the Joes that well. "That was a big aspect of his directing, a confidence about what the material was. It showed in some of these choices. To be willing to direct a movie where you kill off Channing Tatum. That's a ballsy decision. It just is."
So does di Bonvantura have any regrets after sending Duke to the grave? "I'll tell you one thing: having done it, it's sad in a way because, boy, Channing and The Rock have great chemistry together."
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation is a fulfilling romp — it delivers on the spectacle, it douses it in comedy, and adds a layer of biting satire to surprise those who come just to munch popcorn and watch things explode.
The keystone holding it together is the film's lengthy fight scene: a silent, close-quarters battle that leads into a swinging sword battle with Snake Eyes and Jinx taking on an army of ninjas. Zip lining through snowy mountains and swooping back and forth between cliffs, the set piece is energetic and Chu's momentum never tapers off.
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We spoke to director Jon Chu (Step Up 3D) on the evolution of the sequence, from conception, to working with special effects artists and real life climbers to bring authenticity, and shooting the fight in such a way as to maximize the intensity of every punch, every kick, and every clash of the katana.
Check out our full interview in our G.I. Joe: Retaliation Action Sequence Breakdown gallery:
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I'm in the minority (or so I've been told) on the first G.I. Joe movie, 2009's Rise of the Cobra. The movie was popcorn movie lunacy, a blockbuster adaptation of every kid's experience squaring hordes of action figures against each other in a giant sandbox battle. Director Stephen Sommers owned the attitude, introduced us to Channing Tatum as action hero who could ground absurdity, and went to town with the toys.
That style didn't work for everyone — including the people behind the film's sequel, G.I. Joe Retaliation. If Rise of the Cobra was about bringing the childhood fantasy of playing with Joe figures to life, Retaliation is grown from the brand's darkest moments.
The world of Joe has an expanded mythology, constructed over decades by comic book writers. Director Jon Chu makes it loud and clear that his fondness for the property is drawn from that character-driven material, grounding Retaliation in reality and only sporadically introducing the Joes' arsenal of futuristic weaponry and vehicles. Having scrapped nearly the entire original cast from the first movie, Chu, working from a script by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese &amp; Paul Wernick, quickly introduces us to the new team, a playful group led by Duke (Tatum) with assistance from newcomer Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson). Between the first movie and Retaliation, Hollywood discovered Tatum and Johnson's comedic abilities, and they're on full display here. In the opening moments, it's made clear the duo can maneuver stealthily, engage in shootouts, and break goons in half. But they can also crack wise. An early scene where the two harass each other while playing Call of Dutyis among the highlights.
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Speed is the name of the game for Retaliation, which relies on a surprising amount of Rise of the Cobraknowledge in order to shift the sequel into high gear. Roadblock and his two underlings Jaye (Adrianne Palicki) and Flint (D.J. Cotrona) are eventually stranded on their own, the Joes division disbanded and hunted down by The President after a mission gone awry. The twist is The President (Jonathan Pryce) is actually COBRA's master of disguise Zartan — a thread picked up from the first movie. Running the nation, Zartan's diabolical plan is to rescue Cobra Commander from jail, integrate his troops in to the U.S. army, and convince the nationals of the world to agree to a nuclear disarmament plan… so that they can eventually be blown away by COBRA.
Retaliation actively works to undo the events of Rise of the Cobra, breaking off various elements into bite size morsels that work on their own. Spliced between Roadblock's mission to prove the Joes' innocence and take down Zartan is the zanier material forced into Rise of the Cobra. On the other side of the globe, mute ninja Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and his sidekick Jinx (Elodie Yung) follow the trail of Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee), hoping to bring the kitana-wielding warrior to justice. The movie's biggest action scene plays out along the face of a cliff, an acrobatic chase between Snake Eyes and COBRA's ninja army. After battling it out with Storm Shadow in the confines of a dojo, Snake Eyes and Jinx swing off a mountain and the dance of swordplay and wire work plays out. It's like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragonwith actual physics — exhilarating.
The movie's biggest issue is that it can't build momentum to bigger and bigger stunts. Cobra Commander goon Firefly (Ray Stevenson) and Roadblock have a number of tussles, the two hulking actors bringing physicality to the franchise for the first time after mostly CG-enhanced battles. They're fun, but few and far between (especially when Stevenson once again chews up every bit of scene he can get his teeth on). Chu, a dancer and the man behind two installments of Step Up, has a clear eye for action choreography, adeptly orchestrating the mayhem of a Joe-style infiltration or a cross-cutting undercover operation (one that recalls the opening scene of De Palma's Mission: Impossible). What Retaliation needs is more: bigger, badder, crazier. The only gripe against the sequel in the action departments is that there isn't enough of it.
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What helps make up for Retaliation's smaller scope are the colorful performances and rather subversive script. The Rock continues his trend of being a watchable badass. Sweet, yet fully capable of punching you into tomorrow; Palicki stands out as an actress who can pull off the physical stunts while breathing life into a part written for arm candy; and Pryce, whose scant appearances in Rise of Cobra teased his talent, is hilariously evil as the Zartan-masked Commander-in-Chief. He rattles off one-liners faster than mini-gun does bullets. "They call it water boarding, but I never get board…" is as priceless as they come. Pryce lays down the poetic punnery alongside some truly nefarious themes. Retaliation manages to raise some serious questions about patriotism, government actions, and how much we can take our leaders at face value. Unless The Rock promises to be around to save our butts, we might be as good as nuked.
There's a middle ground between Retaliation and its predecessor that could make for the perfect Joe movie, one entranced by camaraderie and kicking ass in the name of the U.S.A. and one that completely unleashes his imagination. Bruce Willis' General Joe Colton — the original Joe — ends up embodying that. He's a real life American hero… who keeps a pimped out tank in his garage, complete with missile launchers. That's the movie in a nutshell, all the Joe franchise needs next is a few extra doses of that thinking. Retaliation delivers thrills, but it's the rare case where playing with more toys would have helped.
3.5/5
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The latest movie in the Step Up franchise aims for a politicized message behind all the flashy moves but it could do with a lot less plot and a lot more dancing. In Step Up Revolution the Miami dance group "The Mob" takes to the streets (and other random locations) to perform intricately choreographed routines with their own DJ a camera guy who uploads their videos to YouTube and a graffiti artist who leaves their signature behind. It takes at least that much effort just to get hipster New Yorkers to ride the subways without any pants on once a year; it's hard to believe that The Mob could pull off their elaborate schemes without getting caught but that's the magic of movies.
The Mob represents the more diverse working class side of Miami a young multiracial group of friends who create incredible works of art that disappear before they get shut down. One of the Mob's leaders Sean (Ryan Guzman) earnestly explains to newcomer Emily (Kathryn McCormick) that the group's reason is to give a voice to the voiceless or to be happy or to dance or something. It's not really clear but they have a lot of fun and look amazing doing it.
Once Sean and his friends find out that a greedy developer plans to raze their neighborhood to make way for another South Beach-style hotel monstrosity they have a reason to rally but until then they're just trying to win a cash prize by getting clicks on YouTube. The typical Step Up twist is that Emily is the developer's daughter. Mr. Anderson (Peter Gallagher) doesn't approve of Emily's love of dancing or other frippery and he certainly wouldn't approve of her hanging out with the people causing such mayhem in the streets of Miami.
Step Up Revolution biggest misstep is trying to give the movie more of a hook than the franchise's typical Romeo and Juliet-style love story and tap into "the Zeitgeist" (I swear that's from the studio-provided press notes) of flash mobs. The film could have cut out most of the plot and characters and still have a completely intact film insofar as the point of the film is its multimedia dance routines. The sort of productions The Mob pulls off are more akin to carefully planned art installations or music videos in terms of scope; it would have been better to at least make that somehow feasible in terms of the storyline. Yes we are here for a spectacle and we surely get a spectacle but it needs to have some roots in reality.
The dance scenes are fun sexy and occasionally a little sappy but overall quite enjoyable for people who enjoy "So You Think You Can Dance" type of shows. Kathryn McCormick and Stephen "tWitch" Boss both appeared on "SYTYCD" and their costar Misha Gabriel is a classically trained ballet dancer turned pro back-up dancer for folks like Beyoncé and Michael Jackson. Guzman doesn't have a dance background but he is an MMA fighter who obviously took his training very seriously. The entire outfit is pretty damn entertaining to be honest.
As far as the 3D goes it makes most of Miami look overcast and grey. The extra zings added in to make sure we get our money's worth like sand flicking out at us or a breakdancer whose foot seems to be aiming for our face only serves to distract from the real show at hand. There is also an awful lot of ramping and generally spazzy editing tricks that look cheap. The screenplay by Amanda Brody is definitely not its strong suit.
Step Up Revolution is the cinematic equivalent of a trashy beach novel. It's embarrassing to be caught actually enjoying it and you'll forget about it almost immediately but it's a decent way to spend a summer afternoon.

For one night every year, sports fans and film geeks tune into the same channel to check out the culmination of the current football season and a ton of footage from upcoming movies. The Super Bowl is loved as much for its creative advertising as it is for its promise of a great game, and last night's showdown between the victorious New York Giants and the New England Patriots didn't disappoint on either front.
I decided to grade the movie spots that various Hollywood studios put forth for the millions and millions of viewers, and allow you to view them below while reading my take on them. In honor of the sport, they're ranked as follows:
- A waste of money for its distributor. The footage failed to impress or get me interested in the film.
- The message was delivered. The footage was entertaining and looked cool, but I'm still not sure the film will score in the end.
- A major victory for everyone involved. I'd buy my ticket today if I could.
Now that the principles of my grading system have been explained, let's get on to the Movie Spots!
Battleship
Universal Pictures spent big on advertising Peter Berg's first new film in four years and one of the biggest of 2012. Based on the ever popular board game of the same name, Battleship looks less like an adaptation of Hasbro's nautical strategy game and more like a continuation of the lucrative Transformers series. This spot offered all the eye candy you'd expect: explosions, CGI aliens that look like the came from the world of Halo, Rihanna, spaceships and more. While the jury is still out on whether or not the movie will deliver, the 60-second ad did. It was easily the most colorful, loud and gratuitous trailer to play during the Game, and has me yearning for more.
John Carter
Battleship's male lead Taylor Kitsch was on double duty last night, featured additionally in this puzzling spot for Disney's sci-fi opus John Carter. Everything I've seen for the film thus far has been titillating: gorgeous combinations of natural/digital environments, promising set pieces and colorful alien characters. Yet the Mouse House decided to make all of the expensive visuals second to...the name of the film? I don't think this was a wise idea. Anyone who'll eventually pay to see the movie would be interested foremost in the special effects and action that the movie offers. The title is honestly negligible. So pulling back from an already cluttered TV screen, packed with various scenes from the film, to reveal "John Carter" just didn't make a lot of sense to me. Still, what was shown was breathtaking, so I'm calling it a First Down.
21 Jump Street
I've heard good things about this flick from colleagues who have seen it already, but I was unimpressed by this spot. The jokes were all expected, Jonah Hill was being Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum was trying to be cute. Lots of pop culture references were apparently meant to appeal to the teen set, and it probably worked. But not for me.
The Avengers
Marvel's The Avengers easily had more to prove that any other film that offered sneak peeks last night. And all I have to say is WOW. The music was epic, the dialogue teased the scope of the story (and thankfully didn't provoke any gag reflexes) and the action was just stupendous. May 4 cannot come fast enough.
Act of Valor
What is this movie? I understand that it stars "active duty Navy Seals," and will take its audience into true firefights and battles. I originally thought it was a documentary, but it appears to be an all-out studio action movie. I'm just kind of confused by it. Maybe it had something to do with the repeated viewings, or the bikini-clad woman who appeared in one of the many spots that aired promoting the film. I didn't know that Victoria's Secret models had a place in a gripping film about the trials that soldiers go through. It certainly looks as though it'll be a big hit with the NASCAR crowd.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
With a beautiful female lead in Adrianne Palicki, seasoned action vets like Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis and some fantastic action scenes teased, GI Joe: Retaliation looks like a step in the right direction for the franchise. The 2009 original was all spectacle with literally no substance, but the sequel has a script from the writers of Zombieland and a director who's a longtime fan of the property (Jon M. Chu). There's a lot of potential for the film to be a surprise hit in light of it releasing just days before The Amazing Spider-Man and weeks before The Dark Knight Rises.
Source: Indiewire, Movieweb

The Sound of Music star will receive the Prince Rainier III Award in New York on 1 November (11).
Past recipients have included Denzel Washington and his wife Pauletta, Glenn Close and Star Wars creator George Lucas.
Director Jon M. Chu will also be honoured at the ceremony - he's set to be presented with the Princess Grace Statue Award for career achievement, following the huge box office success of his concert movie Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.

Hey guys, anyone remember the G.I. Joe movie that came out two years ago? It had Jason Gordon-Levitt? Channing Tatum? Doctor #9 Christopher Eccleston? Still nothing? Well, it happened. And now, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never director Jon M. Chu is directing a sequel, G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation. This less-than-encouraging news is assuaged slightly by the first bit of casting to come from the project: go-to punching guy Bruce Willis. Willis will play General Joe Colton, the original G.I. Joe who started the, sigh, “Ultimate Freedom Fighting Force.”
Willis was last seen in action film Red, alongside Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren. He’ll also appear in upcoming drama Fire With Fire in 2012.
The new Joe film will bring a largely new cast to the franchise, including Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, and RZA. The casting shakeup makes sense in light of Jason Gordon-Levitt’s post-Inception fame, and the fact that Bruce Willis’s salary is probably twice that of the first film’s entire cast. Original cast members Channing Tatum and Ray Park will reappear, however.
Chu begins production on G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation later this month. While the director has mostly worked on dance films, like Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D, his experiences filming the Justin Bieber documentary Never Say Never provide him with unique perspective on how to film Cobra's army of mindless, brutal hordes.
Expect G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation to hit theaters June 29, 2012. Because knowing is half the battle.
Source: Deadline